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Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister addresses CREDAI YouthCon-2019
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today, addressed the CREDAI YouthCon-2019, at Talkatora Stadium, in New Delhi.
Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister said that work is progressing at a fast pace to ensure that every homeless person has a house by 2022. He said that around 1.5 crore houses has been built through PM Awas Yojana, out of which 15 lakh houses were built for the poor in urban areas. He added that under the present Union Government, there is transparency in the entire process. He mentioned that when a Government frames policies with the right intent, it will result in the elimination of corruption and better results.
The Prime Minister said that Real Estate Regulatory Authority  has strengthened the trust between the customers and the Real Estate Developers. He said that RERA has been notified in 28 states. More than 35000 Real Estate Projects and 27000 Real estate agents have registered under RERA, and lakhs of flats are being built, PM said.
Speaking about quantum jump in Ease of Doing Business rankings in the past four years, Prime Minister said that Government is committed towards ensuring Ease of Doing Business in India. In this context, he mentioned that all Government permissions, including construction permits are being issued faster than before.
The Prime Minister talked about the tax reforms initiated by the Central Government to aid the housing industry and home buyers. He mentioned about the reduced GST rates for various construction items. He also spoke about the income tax benefits introduced for middle class in the recent Budget. He said that the cumulative effect of these initiatives will help the housing sector and the home buyers.
The Prime Minister complimented CREDAI for their contribution in fulfilling the dreams of ordinary citizens of owning a house. He said that the YouthCon is happening at a time when a ‘New India’ is being shaped. He said that youth of the nation has an important role to play in charting a New India.
Earlier, the Prime Minister visited the exhibition organized by CREDAI at Talkatora Satdium.
Ministry of Defence
Sea Phase of Indo-Russian Tri-Service Exercise Indra Off Goa
INS Aditya and RuFN ship Yaroslav Mudry casted off from Mormugao harbour on Monday 16 Dec 19 to commence the Sea Phase of the ongoing Indo-Russian joint tri-service exercise INDRA-2019.
INS Tarkash, INS Aditya and RuFN ship Yaroslav Mudry participated in an Encounter Exercise and cross-deck flying on the same day. Sea riders were also exchanged between the Indian and Russian ships which was followed by an Air Defence exercise involving four MiG29K aircraft.
On 17 Dec 19, a combined boarding team of IN and RuFN personnel conducted boarding exercise to train for anti-piracy operations on a hijacked merchant vessel. Other exercises included firing practice, aviation operations and other manoeuvres like maintaining station and replenishment at sea.
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Ministry of Culture
INTERACTIVE SESSION ON ‘CONTAINING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS’
Kolkata, February 14, 2020
BITM organized a panel discussion on ‘Containing Novel Coronavirus’ today. The panel experts were Dr. Madhumita Dobe, Director-Professor, Department of Health Promotion & Education, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Kolkata and Dr. Ramendra Narayan Chaudhuri, Director-Professor, Department of Public Health Administration, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Kolkata and Ms. Mitali Palodhi, Consultant Nutritionist & Dietician, National Vice-President, Indian Dietetic Association, Bengal Chapter. 210 students from Jodhpur Park Boys’ School, Pranta Pally Balika Vidyalaya, Kasba Chittaranjan High School, Lady Brabourne College and Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College participated.
The aim of the discussion was to expand scientific knowledge on this new virus, to track its spread and virulence, and to provide advice to individuals on measures to protect health and prevent the spread of this outbreak. A question-answer session followed.
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Ministry of Finance
Services provided by the Housing Society Resident Welfare Association  not to become expensive under GST; There is no change made to services provided by the Housing Society  to its members in the GST regime.
There are some press reports that services provided by a Housing Society [Resident Welfare Association ] will become expensive under GST. These are completely unsubstantiated.
It may be mentioned that supply of service by RWA  to its own members by way of reimbursement of charges or share of contribution up to an amount of five thousand rupees per month per member for providing services and goods for the common use of its members in a housing society or a residential complex are exempt from GST.
Further, if the aggregate turnover of such RWA is upto Rs.20 Lakh in a financial year, then such supplies would be exempted from GST even if charges per member are more than Rs. five thousand.
RWA shall be required to pay GST on monthly subscription/contribution charged from its members if such subscription is more than Rs. 5000 per member and the annual turnover of RWA by way of supplying of services and goods is also Rs. 20 lakhs or more. Under GST, the tax burden on RWAs will be lower for the reason that they would now be entitled to ITC in respect of taxes paid by them on capital goods , goods  and input services such as repair and maintenance services. ITC of Central Excise and VAT paid on goods and capital goods was not available in the pre-GST period and these were a cost to the RWA.
Thus, there is no change made to services provided by the Housing Society  to its members in the GST era.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
On MoS Dr Jitendra Singh’s directions, Pension workshop held for BSF personnel in Jammu
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare , Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has sent a team of officers today to conduct a special workshop for the Border Security Force  on Pensioners’ Portal at their Frontier Hqrs. in Jammu. The workshop was attended by more than 100 officials of all the Ranks of BSF.
In the workshop, the Bhavishya software which is a common mandatory platform for all the Central Government Employees for the purpose of processing pensions was discussed at length and pension dealing staff of the BSF were educated on the functionality of the system so that they can seamlessly process the pension of BSF personnel. The group was also educated on Digital Life Certificate and how the same can be digitally given from the comfort of one’s Home. Other areas of discussions pertain to schemes like ANUBHAV and SANKALP. The workshop was well received by the participants.
The MoS  Dr Jitendra Singh in the review meeting of the Department of Pensions held recently had directed the Department officials to send a team of DoPPW to Jammu. He asked the Pensions Department to create awareness among the officials there about the Pensions and Bhavishya portal. In pursuance of that, this team of DoPPW officials visited Jammu today.
Shri N.N.N Dubey, DIG, Hqr BSF, New Delhi and Shri Hardeep Singh, DIG, Frontier BSF, Jammu were also part of this workshop.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves acquisition of minority stake in Delhivery byFedEx India and acquisition of certain operating assets of FedEx India and TNT India Private Limited by Delhivery
The Competition Commission of India  approves acquisition of minority stake in Delhivery Limited  by FedEx Express Transportation and Supply Chain Services  Private Limited  and acquisition of certain operating assets of FedEx India and TNT India Private Limited  by Delhivery.
The proposed combination relates to the i) acquisition of minority stake in Delhivery by FedEx India and, ii) acquisition of operating assets of FedEx India and TNT by Delhivery. Apart from the above, the parties also propose to enter into certain interconnected and ancillary transactions.
FedEx India
FedEx India offers end-to-end logistics solutions in India under the FedEx brand, including express parcel deliveries, full and less-than truck load freight services, and warehousing and supply chain management/third party logistics services. FedEx India caters to B2B, B2C and C2C  customers and provides wide range of shipping solutions for all business needs.
Delhivery
Delhivery is engaged in the provision of logistics services in India. As part of its logistics services, Delhivery provides transportation, warehousing, freight services and supply chain management/third party logistics services to various customers. Delhivery’s logistics services are provided to enterprises and persons who operate across different business models and are present across the value chain .
TNT
TNT India is part of the FedEx group and also provides logistics services inter alia in the form of express parcel deliveries, special services, and freight services.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
India's Active Caseload declines to 9,73,158
Active Caseload below 10 lakhs after 66 days
India reports 70,421 new cases in the last 24 hours; lowest after 74 days
2,81,62,947 total Recoveries across the country so far
1,19,501 patients recovered during the last 24 hours
Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 32nd consecutive day
Recovery Rate increases to 95.43%
Weekly Positivity Rate drops to less than 5%, currently at 4.54%
Daily positivity rate at 4.72%, less than 10% for 21 consecutive days
Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 37.96 cr total tests conducted
25.48 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addresses Second G20 Health Ministers Meet
“Govt of India under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership attaches topmost importance to the Health sector”: Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
“India is committed to contributing immensely to creating a future-ready and resilient global healthcare ecosystem”
“Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership attaches topmost importance to the health sector. We are committed to protecting global health and making sure we leave behind for the coming generations a better and healthier planet to live in”. This was stated by Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare as he addressed the second G20 Health Ministers Meeting in Bali, Indonesia today. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the progress and way forward on priorities in the healthcare sector.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya stated that “India is committed to contributing immensely to creating a future-ready and resilient global healthcare ecosystem”. At the same time he also elaborated on building global health resilience wherein the proposal of a Financial Intermediary Fund was discussed. He also highlighted the need to acknowledge existing fault lines in the Global Health Architecture and the importance of building an inclusive, agile and responsive framework for health emergency management.
Dr Mandaviya also encouraged all G20 members to contribute their public keys to the proposed Global Federated Public Trust Directory for ensuring seamless worldwide mobility of people and goods.
Special Service and Features
BSNL offers free validity extension and 100 minutes of calling benefit
Many BSNL subscribers are facing hardship due to second wave of pandemic and subsequent movement restrictions to control the pandemic, which is further aggravated by the cyclone “Tauktae”. This has left many subscribers without mobile services due to non-recharge and expiry of validity. In order to extend the helping hand in this hour of crisis, BSNL is extending the validity of all such subscribers up to 31st May 2021, free of cost, so that the subscribers continue to receive incoming calls. In addition to this, BSNL is also giving free 100 minutes calling benefit to all such subscribers, in order to help them remain in touch with their loved ones during these difficult times. Free validity extension shall be provided to all subscribers whose validity expired on or after 1st April 2021.
BSNL also offers several affordable long duration packs for the benefit of low- income subscribers.
PV 106 and PV 107 that offers 100 days validity with 100 minutes, 3GB data and
BSNL tunes
PV 197 that offers 180 days main validity with unlimited calling, 2GB/day data,
100 SMS/day, BSNL tunes and Zing music content for 18 days.
PV 397 that offers 365 days main validity with unlimited calling, 2GB/day data,
100 SMS/day, BSNL tunes and Lokdhun content for 60 days.
Shri Pravin Kumar Purwar, CMD, BSNL said, “BSNL is committed to serve its subscribers during this difficult period and we request the subscribers to “Go Digital” for recharging their accounts. Several options available for recharge include MyBSNL mobile app, BSNL website and other popular wallet services. BSNL subscribers can also avail 4% upfront discount with MyBSNL app for recharging BSNL prepaid mobile of their friends and family. We request all BSNL subscribers to follow COVID guidelines and stay safe.”
This is stated in a press release issued by Shri V.Jagadeesa, N.I.T.S Chief General Manager BSNL, Tamil Nadu Circle.
Ministry of Finance
Monthly Review of Accounts of Union Government of India upto the month of July 2021 for Financial Year 2021-22
The Monthly Account of the Union Government of India upto the month of July, 2021 has been consolidated and reports published. The highlights are given below:-
The Government of India has received Rs. 6,83,297 crore  upto July, 2021 comprising Rs. 5,29,189 crore Tax Revenue , Rs. 1,39,960 crore of Non Tax Revenue and Rs. 14,148 crore of Non Debt Capital Receipts. Non Debt Capital Receipts consists of Recovery of Loans Rs. 5,777 crore and Disinvestment Proceeds of Rs. 8,371 crore. Rs. 1,65,064 crore has been transferred to State Governments as Devolution of Share of Taxes by Government of India upto July,2021.
Total Expenditure incurred by Government of India is Rs. 10,04,440 crore , out of which Rs. 8,76,012 crore is on Revenue Account and Rs.1,28,428 crore is on Capital Account. Out of the Total Revenue Expenditure, Rs. 2,25,817 crore is on account of Interest Payments and Rs. 1,20,069 crore is on account of Major Subsidies.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports calls for enrolment of more youth volunteers in nation building; digitisation drive to ensure connectivity of all volunteers
Kevadiya | June 25, 2022
The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri. Anurag Singh Thakur called upon states to increase enrolment of youth volunteers in the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan  and National Social Service  programmes as a way to increase the involvement of youth in nation building. The second day saw the presence of Honourable Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri. Bhupendrabhai Patel.
Speaking on the concluding day of the two-day National Conference of Ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports at Kevadia in Gujarat, Shri Thakur pointed to the key role that youth volunteers had played in serving civil society during the Covid pandemic and said that states must tap into the huge youth potential of India and engage them in a range of nation-building projects. He stressed on the need to use technology to bring the youth of the nation together and create a mobile App that would ensure last mile connectivity of youth volunteers across the nation.
The two-day conference that saw representatives from 33 states and Union territories including 15 ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports from various states was a national platform of discussions and deliberations on the way to make India a sporting nation. During the discussions Shri Thakur said that there is a need to develop a common information bank of all states which could reflect existing infrastructure in different regions and sporting disciplines, number of coaches, equipment facilities so that future planning can be done easily. "We need to take a scientific approach towards our forward planning. There are states who are good at certain games, they have better coaches and better infrastructure that could be used by athletes from other states as well.
Coordination will be the key to achieve the vision of Honourable Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi ji to see India among the Top 10 sporting nations in the world. We always have to keep the athlete at the centre and look at their ease of living even while planning our policies," he said.
Ministry of Defence
2nd India-Bangladesh Tri-services Staff Talks held in New Delhi to further strengthen bilateral defence engagements
The 2nd India-Bangladesh Tri-services Staff Talks  were held in New Delhi on August 10, 2022. The meeting was co-chaired from the Indian side by Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated Staff, IDC, HQ Integrated Defence Staff  Brigadier Vivek Narang and Director General Operation and Plan Directorate Armed Force Division from the Bangladesh side Brigadier General Husain Muhammad Rahaman.
The meeting was conducted in a friendly, warm and cordial atmosphere. The discussions focused on the ongoing and new initiatives taken under the ambit of existing bilateral defence cooperation mechanism of all three services and further strengthening the bilateral defence engagements.
The TSST is a forum established to boost defence cooperation between both the nations through regular talks at the strategic and operational levels between HQ IDS and Bangladesh Armed Forces Division.
Special Service and Features
K A Sebastian assumes additional charge as Welfare & Cess Commissioner
K A Sebastian assumed the additional charge as Welfare & Cess Commissioner, Kerala and Lakshadweep, Labour Welfare Organisation under Union Ministry of Labour and Employment on 10th November 2022. He will continue to hold the charge of Welfare & Cess Commissioner, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government of India strikes den of misinformation on YouTube
Fact Check Unit at PIB exposes three YouTube channels spreading fake news
Fake videos about Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of India, and Prime Minister of India with lakhs of views busted by PIB Fact Check Unit
Misinformation on Election Commission of India, Electronic Voting Machines
YouTube channels fact-checked by PIB had nearly 33 lakh subscribers, over 30 crore views
In a series of over 40 fact-checks, the PIB Fact Check Unit  busted three YouTube channels which were spreading false information in India. These YouTube channels had nearly 33 lakh subscribers and their videos, almost all of which were found to be false, were watched over 30 crore times.
This is the first time when PIB has exposed entire YouTube channels as against individual posts on social media spreading false claims. Details of the YouTube channels fact-checked by PIB are as under:
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News Headlines
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9.67 lakh
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31,75,32,290
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Sarkari Update
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22.6 lakh
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8,83,594
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आज तक LIVE
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65.6 thousand
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1,25,04,177
These YouTube channels spread false and sensational claims about the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Government schemes, Electronic Voting Machines , farm loan waivers, etc. among other fake news. Examples include fake news such as the Supreme Court to have ruled that future elections would be conducted by ballot papers; Government giving money to people who have bank accounts, Aadhar Cards and PAN cards; ban on EVMs, etc.
The YouTube channels were observed to be using fake and sensational thumbnails with logos of TV channels and images of their news anchors to mislead the viewers to believe that the news was authentic. These channels were also found to be displaying advertisements on their videos, and monetizing misinformation on YouTube.
Action taken by PIB Fact Check Unit follows blocking of over one hundred YouTube channels by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the past one year.
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
DARPG collaboration with Government of Maharashtra on Administrative Reforms and Good Governance
On the invitation of Chairman Committee for Good Governance, Government of Maharashtra Shri Suresh Kumar IAS , a 6 member DARPG delegation led by Secretary DARPG V.Srinivas visited Mumbai on December 1, 2022 to firm up the roadmap for collaboration between DARPG and Government of Maharashtra on Administrative Reforms and Good Governance. The DARPG delegation held meeting the 3 meetings  Meeting with the Chairman and Members of the Committee for Good Governance  Meeting with the Chief Secretary Shri Manu Kumar Srivastava and Additional Chief Secretary GAD Smt. Sujata Saunak, and Senior Officials of Government of Maharashtra and  Meeting with the Divisional Commissioners, District Collectors, CEO’s of Zilla Parishad and Municipal Commissioners of all Districts of Maharashtra.
The following roadmap for collaboration was drawn up:
- Draw up a roadmap for time bound saturation of e-Services, e-Office and for replication of the Government of India’s Initiative for Increasing Efficiency in Decision Making in State Secretariat comprising of Delayering, Delegation, adoption of Desk Officer System and Digitization of Central Registration Units.
- Regional Conference on e-Governance at Mumbai proposed for January 2023
- Documentation of best practices and administrative innovations of Maharashtra’s districts uploaded on the Good Governance Portal and the PM’s Awards
- Rewriting the Manual of Office Procedure 2023 for enabling the March to a Digital Maharashtra State Secretariat
The DARPG delegation called on Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra and appraised him on the deliberations and proposed roadmap for collaboration.
The DARPG delegation comprised of Secretary Shri V.Srinivas, Joint Secretary Shri N.B.S.Rajput, Director Shri K.Sanjayan, Deputy Secretaries Shri Parthasarathy Bhaskar, Smt Sarita Taneja and Under Secretary Shri Santosh Kumar.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, Department of Science and Technology  is implementing a dedicated scheme Women in Science and Engineering-KIRAN  to ensure participation of women in the field of Science and Technology  through various gender enabling programmes
Around 1040 women scientists, more than 12000 meritorious girls of Class IX-XII and around 10000 women at grassroots level from different states of the country have been benefitted through various programmes under WISE-KIRAN Scheme in last three years: Dr Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, DrJitendra Singh said,the Department of Science and Technology  is implementing a dedicated scheme Women in Science and Engineering-KIRAN  to ensure participation of women in the field of Science and Technology  through various gender enabling programmes.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Dr Jitendra Singh said that around 1040 women scientists, more than 12000 meritorious girls of Class IX-XII and around 10000 women at grassroots level from different states of the country have been benefitted through various programmes under WISE-KIRAN Scheme in last three years.
The Minister informed that the “Science & Technology for Women”scheme is focused on empowering women in livelihood generation through suitable technologies and available natural resources in their native areas, which has led to income generation and creation of livelihood opportunities for them. Nearly 50 individual projects and 40 Women Technology Parks  have been supported under Science & Technology Scheme for Women and around 10,000 women have been trained through both the initiatives over last three years for gainful employment in different parts of the country including rural areas, he added.
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